Has Hoke spoken to any of the 2011 commits?
Why was Hoke waiting until this weekend to contact our commits, not to mention prospects?
Per TomVH tweet, Hoke was apparently planning to call our commits this weekend. Apparently Tabb tried to reach Singletary but could not reach him.
I am warming to the Hoke hire, but cripes, Brandon really tied a hand behind Hoke's recruiting back with waiting until last wednesday to hire him, but that doesnt mean that Hoke should double down on cementing the destruction by letting these recruits flap in the wind.
Shouldnt these commits - who have been waiting to hear from Hoke have been contacted immediately?
January 16th, 2011 at 12:07 AM ^
coaches can still call, text, fax etc within the rules,
Not saying the guy doesnt have a lot on his plate, but if recruting is the lifeblood of the program, just would have liked to hear that what we have left of this class is attempted to be kept in the fold.
January 16th, 2011 at 10:39 AM ^
It is not Hoke's job to keep you in the fold. I can't remember a time when RR or his staff commented on a recruit (perhaps the ocassional F. Jackson comparison to some Michigan Legend). I don't want a coach who spends his time appeasing impatient unrealistic fans. Take a chill pill already. You are acting like a scorned date that didn't get the gratuitous phone call the day after.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:19 PM ^
There are only so many hours in a day, and I'm sure he's getting to everything as soon as possible. Hopefully he can get the recruits as excited about Michigan as he is.
January 16th, 2011 at 12:56 AM ^
But there are more hours at night. He could be done with recruiting this weekend if we get him word about this!
January 15th, 2011 at 11:22 PM ^
I know my boy was only born 10 days ago but still no word from the Hokester.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:27 PM ^
What's his 40 time, and can he play DB?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:29 PM ^
we've already got 3 of them commited, can he play DT?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:31 PM ^
How about can he kick a FG?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:33 PM ^
Can he be our DC? He is a Michigan Man...right?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:37 PM ^
He definitely has good pad level.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:41 PM ^
Hows his swim move/spin?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:47 PM ^
Pretty good. You can't keep him swaddled for more than 5 minutes.
January 16th, 2011 at 12:25 PM ^
THat is UNACCEPTABLE!
January 15th, 2011 at 11:28 PM ^
It's already a young team, why not go younger? I hope you stress to your boy that our helmet's got wings.
/s
January 16th, 2011 at 12:16 AM ^
What kind of pad level does your ten year old have?
January 16th, 2011 at 7:56 AM ^
......my daughter is on the tall side for 4 years old, and is pretty physically and mentally tough for her age. I am thinking DT maybe, but I have yet to field a call from Hoke. My son is 3 and pretty darn fast - I see it every day when we runs away from the messes he creates. Definitely wide receiver material. Come on, Hoke et alia, I have two players right here watching Nick Jr.
January 15th, 2011 at 11:36 PM ^
Of the Roundtree kind?
January 15th, 2011 at 11:52 PM ^
I thought I read somewhere that priority #1 was talking to all current players and keeping transfers to a minimum (or zero!). Next steps were to assemble a staff and call/visit recruits. I also thought the "dead period" only meant no in-home visits, but phone calls (maybe max of 1 per day?) per recruit was still legit. I'm sure he multi-tasked, but overall it sounds like it was current players first followed by recruiting.
January 16th, 2011 at 12:00 AM ^
About 14 are committed, and I though about 18 are available...
January 16th, 2011 at 8:38 AM ^
I'm with you. Hoke's first priority needed to be 'recruiting' all his current players to stay. By making the current players priority number one over bringing in 'his players' also sends a strong message to the current players that they come first.
I'd be surprised if he also hasn't made contact with all the current commits by now.
January 16th, 2011 at 12:21 AM ^
Any word on what happened with Kris Frost/Auburn meeting today?
January 16th, 2011 at 12:23 AM ^
The priority list should be:
1. Current Players
2. Staff
3. Recruits
and thats how he has gone about it. Staff and Current Players get co-mingled over the first weeks but recruits/commits are a distant third. How can he recruit when he doesn't know what he has to begin with on his team, let alone looking at the player's backgrounds to see if he wants to honor their scholarship offers?
You have to be patient and accept that things don't happen in an instant
January 16th, 2011 at 12:27 AM ^
You have to be patient and accept that things don't happen in an instant
There's a certain irony in that statement coming from an ND fan (not you specifically Irish).
January 16th, 2011 at 12:42 AM ^
I expected UM fans to be more aware of what it means to have a new coach, and all the consequences of it since you know, 3 years ago, but have been disappointed more than once over the past week.
I guess it is a little sad that I am pointing it out
January 16th, 2011 at 1:00 AM ^
point irish.
January 16th, 2011 at 1:29 AM ^
Irish - - - Are you liking your chances the next several years?! Do most ND fans think BK is going to have his way with Hokemania?
Just curious...
January 16th, 2011 at 1:39 AM ^
not really sure, ND fans have all been talking about recruiting the past few weeks with all that has been going on.
Most people I talk to like hoke and think he was a good hire but no one is really all that concerned with UM football. There is one small exception, Coach elston, ND's dline coach has strong UM ties, and there were rumors of him going to UM in the same capacity but that appears to have been pretty baseless since then.
I think most ND fans will take a look at UM after NSD and see what hoke has put together. I wouldn't expect them to be overly scared of week 2 this year, not that they were last year either.
January 16th, 2011 at 2:53 AM ^
or the year before
January 16th, 2011 at 8:52 AM ^
Is that Brandon and Hoke are going to completely sabotage everything Rodriguez did and come out with their own version of "Deciemated Defense" Cupboard was Bare" and"Every Coach Needs Four Years" arguments to justify themselves. OH, and don't forget, they will say things like, "We are Michigan Men and we only talk about players who play for Michigan"
It starts with this recruiting class. it's all part of The Plan.
OR, maybe, just maybe, Hoke has experience with this sort of thing and knows what he's doing. But just in case, I'm going to email him at [email protected] to let him know he can read all the blogs to relearn how to recruit and coach.
January 16th, 2011 at 11:12 AM ^
Well he must've missed Goudis cause word is he's on his way to Miami. So add a kicker back into our list of needed recruits.